Peggle 1991

About

The main story takes about 5 hours. It won the British Academy Games Award for Mobile & Handheld.

Peggle is an arcade game where a ball-like character falls from the top of the screen and the player's task is to make him hit as many pegs as possible before landing in one of the cups at the bottom. The game is played with a single controller which is used to both rotate the pegs and move the cups left and right. The aim of the game is simply to clear all pegs in each level which happens when they are touched by the ball. Pegs of certain colours require multiple hits but are also worth more points. The cups at the bottom have different properties. Some of them give bonuses in terms of extra time or points while others cause the ball to bounce back up to the pegs again.

What is happening now

Peggle is a puzzle-arcade game where players clear pegs from boards using skill and chance, originally released in 2007. PopCap's title became a touchstone of casual gaming, appearing across numerous platforms from early mobile devices to consoles. Nearly two decades later, the game remains largely unmatched in capturing its particular blend of strategic ball-launching and satisfying visual feedback. The enduring appetite for Peggle-style gameplay has prompted developers to revisit the formula. Recent coverage notes the absence of a true successor and highlights an incoming title - Hyperdrop - positioned as a potential spiritual follow-up. Whether it can replicate Peggle's appeal to both casual and dedicated players remains to be seen, but the gap left by PopCap's original suggests there's still audience interest in the mechanic.